Sheikh-ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah
رحمه
الله
was
asked
(as mentioned by Ibnul Qayyim رحمه الله):
Question: Which is MORE
virtuous & beneficial, the 10 days of Dhul Hijjah or the last 10
days of Ramadhan?
Answer: The 10 days of Dhul
Hijjah are more virtuous than the last 10 days of Ramadhan, and the
last 10 nights of Ramadaan are more virtuous than the last 10 nights of Dhul
Hijjah.
Thereafter,
his illustrious student and great scholar Ibnul Qayyim رحمه الله commented
on this verdict and said,
“And if the
intelligent and noble one was to reflect upon this answer, he would find it
satisfactory and sufficient. For indeed there are no days (in the year) more
beloved to Allaah that righteous actions are done within them than the 10 days
of Dhul Hijjah, since within them are the days of Ara’faah (9th day of Dhul
Hijjah) and the day of Nahr (10th day) and the day of Tarwiyah (8th day). As
for the 10 nights of Ramadhan they are the nights of revitalization which the
Messenger صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم used
to be up and awake within them all, and within it is a night which is better
than a 1000 months. So, whoever answers without such an elaboration then he is
incapable to prove his statement with authentic evidences.”
[Taken from the book Bada’ee Al-Fawaaid of Ibnul
Qayyim, under the chapter, ‘The preference between Aa’isha &
Faatimah’]
